23/10/2026
WE DID IT!
1st Place. Again!
11 countries 🌏
17 teams 👥
600+ students 🧑🎓
We are so proud to share that UNSW Bionic Heart has won first place 🥇 at the 2026 Heart Hackathon in Suzhou, China. 🏆
All our team members worked tirelessly over the past year and we are grateful that the organisers at Heart Hackathon and ISMCS gave us the opportunity to share our work.
This monumental achievement would not have been possible without the support of our academic leads Dr Audrey Adji and Prof. Bernard Kornfeld, and all of our academic and technical advisors.
We also want to thank our sponsors for their incredible support: NSW Government Chief Scientist & Engineer, The Baird Institute, UNSW Tyree IHealthE, and Abbott, as well as our collaborators: Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, St Vincent’s Hospital, Ansys, Leap, and AD Instruments.
We have learnt so much from this experience and are honoured that we had the opportunity to compete with, learn from, and share our knowledge with fellow student teams from all across the world.
We look forward to seeing you all again next year at Las Vegas! ✈️🫀